Author: Aaron Couch / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Lucasfilm has unveiled its cast for Star Wars: Episode IX, and late actor Carrie Fisher is among those who will appear in the conclusion to the Skywalker saga.
Director J.J. Abrams will use unreleased footage from 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens to put Fisher’s Leia into Episode IX.
“We desperately loved Carrie Fisher,” Abrams said in a statement.
“Finding a truly satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us. We were never going to recast, or use a CG character. With the support and blessing from her daughter, Billie [Lourd], we have found a way to honor Carrie’s legacy and role as Leia in Episode IX by using unseen footage we shot together in Episode VII.”Fisher died in December 2016, after completing work on last year’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In January 2017, Lucasfilm issued a statement assuring fans…
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